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‘All I want to do is cry’: trauma of 7 October survivors three years after the attacks

Israeli communities shattered by Hamas massacres are torn between rebuilding their lives and remembering lost friends and relatives

The Guardian - UK · 5h ago

Hamas still hasn't returned these hostages' bodies from Gaza

They have claimed they don't know where all the remains are.

Axios · Oct 15, 2025

Cunio brothers return home two years after attack that shocked Israel

The story of a family that never lost faith: David and Ariel, who were kidnapped by Hamas in 2023, have been released after two years of captivity. Their 90-year-old grandmother received the news with tears and relief in her home at Nir Oz kibbutz.

Euronews · Oct 15, 2025

Anger, Despair As Israelis Bury Hostages Who Died In Captivity

Tearful crowds gathered on Wednesday for the funerals of hostages whose bodies were recovered this week from war-torn Gaza, with some mourners voicing anger that they were not saved.

International Business Times · Aug 21, 2024

Mission to Israel Part VIII: The Nir Oz Kibbutz

Hostages from this kibbutz were held only a few kilometers away.

Reason · Aug 21, 2024

Israel says it has recovered the body of Israeli hostage Elad Katzir in Gaza

Elad Katzir, 47, was from Nir Oz, a kibbutz near the Gaza border. The small community of 400 residents was among the hardest hit in Israel by Hamas-led attackers on Oct. 7.

WEKU · Apr 6, 2024

Israel's Shiri Bibas: Unwitting Face Of Hostages

Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

International Business Times · Mar 6, 2024

Live updates | A hostage held in Gaza dies in captivity, his southern Israeli community says

A man from the southern Israeli Kibbutz Nir Oz has died in captivity

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024

Israel's Hamas Attack Survivors Find Solace Underwater

Deep under the Red Sea, a passing Israeli warship could barely be heard as Yamit Avital held her breath and dived, her mind briefly cleared of the trauma of the October 7 Hamas attacks.

International Business Times · Jan 2, 2024

The Hamas attack left many Israeli farms abandoned — some worry forever

In some of the farm communities hardest hit during the Oct. 7 attack, volunteers from Israel and around the world are arriving to fill the gap left by workers who are no longer there.

WEKU · Dec 24, 2023